46 Million New Names and 1.2 Million New Images Added to Online Census Collections

Approximately 46.3 million new records and 1.2 million new images are now available on the Record Search pilot at http://pilot.familysearch.org. This brings the total number of names available on the test site to 467,180,871. Two new Records Access projects (1841 & 1861 England Census collections) were published with links to images on findmypast.com. This is important because it tests the pilot search engine’s capacity to ingest third party indexes and link to images hosted on affiliates’ sites. Such functionality enables FamilySearch to better fulfill its goal to increase access to more genealogical records faster for its users and members. Recent Records Access news announcements can be found at FamilySearch.org.

1841 England and Wales Census
Indexed Names: 15,806,949
Digital Image Count: 340,544
Comment: New - linked to FMP images

1850 United States Census
Indexed Names: 6,044,749
Comment: Updated - NY,PA,NC

1850 United States Census (Mortality Schedule)
Indexed Names: 62,269
Comment: Updated - NY,NC

1850 United States Census (Slave Schedule)
Indexed Names: 299,141
Comment: Updated - NC,UT

1861 England and Wales Census
Indexed Names: 19,178,973
Digital Image Count: 922,225
Comment: New - linked to FMP images

1870 United States Census
Indexed Names: 4,350,059
Comment: New - indexed data (15 states)

1930 Mexico Census
Indexed Names: 617,446
Comment: Updated - Chihuahua